Kyiv’s air alert on August 26 becomes longest of 2024
Source: Kyiv Tsyfrovyi
As Russian launched a barrage of missiles and drone targeting Ukrainian cities on Monday, the air raid alert in Kyiv lasted for 7 hours and 46 minutes, marking it as the longest air alert of 2024.
The alert in Kyiv began at 05:57 am and was called off at 1:43 pm. During this extended period, Russian forces launched missiles targeting the Kyiv hydro power plant. The city authorities claim there is no imminent threat of a dam breach.
The previous longest air alert lasted 7 hours and 14 minutes on July 31, 2024.
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